2Blades Group Leader
Kamil Witek
Bio
Kamil joined the 2Blades Group in The Sainsbury Laboratory in 2019, and in March 2023 was promoted to Group Leader. As a team leader, Kamil focused on using natural plant diversity and state-of-the-art technologies to develop durable genetic resistance to Asian Soybean Rust and devastating corn diseases in collaboration with industry. Currently, the group he leads is aiming at delivering ASR resistant soybean for smallholders in Africa. Before joining the 2Blades group, Kamil spent nine years as a post-doctoral researcher in Prof. Jonathan Jones’ group at The Sainsbury Laboratory, where he created germplasm collections and developed novel techniques to clone a variety of functional plant immune receptors. Kamil was awarded his PhD by Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics PAS in Poland, where he studied interactions between potato and major viral pathogens.
Job history
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2023 -
2Blades Group Leader
The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich, UK -
2019 - 2023
Scientist
The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich, UK -
2010 - 2019
Postdoctoral Scientist
The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich, UK -
2009 - 2010
Research Assistant
Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics PAS, Warsaw, Poland -
2008 - 2009
Visiting Scientist
National Institute of Biology, Ljubljana, Slovenia -
2003 - 2008
PhD Student
Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics PAS, Warsaw, Poland -
2002 - 2002
Visiting Student
University of Liege, Belgium -
1998 - 2003
Student
Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Warsaw, Poland